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Real Name:Ryan McMahon

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Posted in thread: St Petersburg, Florida Water on 02-26-2015 at 03:56 AMHi all,I am heading to st Petersburg in manatee county this weekend to brew a couple of my
recipes on my uncle's pilot system so I was curious how others may have treated the water in
that area. I'm f...

Posted in thread: Wrench for cornys? on 03-18-2014 at 03:41 PMOrder placed. Thanks all, I am really looking forward to easily getting these posts off and
cleaned properly!

Posted in thread: Wrench for cornys? on 03-18-2014 at 03:07 PMWhat is the best kind of wrench to use to screw and unscrew the gas and liquid post fittings on
a corny keg? I have a couple kegs that the wrench I have just will not unscrew them and I need
to get th...

Posted in thread: Diacetyl Cover Up??? on 03-07-2014 at 05:15 PMI brewed a beer for a friend's wedding party that has a diacetyl problem and he wants to serve
it tonight. I would rather dump it but I am just hoping to make the best of this situation.The
beer is qu...

Posted in thread: Thoughts on Black Ale Recipe on 02-05-2014 at 09:06 PMHere are a couple notes. I am not a schwarzbier expert but am a bjcp judge so I am familiar
with the style.First, a couple questions : What is your batch size and what is your efficiency?
If you don't...

Posted in thread: Adding Whole Pieces of clementine/orange Impact on 02-05-2014 at 08:49 PMI am planning on brewing a clementine or orange IPA depending on what my grocer has. I do not
want the peel or rind involved, just the fruit itself so my plan is to add it at the end of the
boil and l...

Posted in thread: Whole chopped orange to boil? on 02-05-2014 at 05:20 PMHow did this one turn out? I want to do an IPA with some orange flavor. I am not looking to use
the zest and was just going to add the chopped orange as you did so I am curious how much you
used and h...

Posted in thread: Cloudy IPA on 11-08-2013 at 10:20 PMYes, that is a good point and the amount of oxygen is definitely very small. I definitely do
not think it is something to worry about, just wanted to explain why that was what I suggested
as an option...

Posted in thread: Cloudy IPA on 11-08-2013 at 09:34 PMYes, that would work. You can also add the finings and then move it to the cold room. This is
the method that I always use. I am not going to list my awards in IPAs to validate my opinion
here but my ...